William Corden... read 'em and weep I'm into episode five and I've run out of gas.Quite interesting at first but the whole venture has deteriorated into a series of contrived scenes, and with that any believability has gone out with the tide at the seaside town where it's set.Froggat showed so much potential at the outset but her performance follows the script into the dustbin as the writers struggle to find their way.Why do we have to have a lesbian police officer, why do we have to have a mixed race couple? It adds nothing whatsoever to the script. It's because this is a bandwagon, politically correct type of project, that's why .Let's take some hot issues and fold them into a far fetched story, where all of the cultural anomalies of the day get their moment in the sun. Oh! and while we're sitting around the the writing table why don't we emasculate the good guys ( let's make one a house husband) and villainise most of the other male parts. That should cover all the bases!Some of the coincidences that they set up just have you groaning with the triteness of it all, and some of the characters that they bring in only make that groaning louder.In a completely pointless diversion, the characters that they introduced up in Scotland (with Edinburgh Castle in the background just to make sure you know where we are) had me longing to vote for separation again.My message to the writers and Director.... forget about season two and go sign on at the labour exchange!Having said that, it's not a complete failure, the acting's mostly good and the cinematography is fine. You can get quite a bit of entertainment value out of digging in if you suspend your standards for a week or two.To sum it up I would say that it's a thinly disguised man-hating project and I don't think we need any more fuel on that particular fire.Maybe the remaining episode can pull it out of the tailspin but I don't hold out much hopeUPDATE- episode 6 It gets cringingly worse in the final episode, many people have written about how they wrapped it all up quickly, but they didn't mention that it was like the chippie wrapping up your fish and chips. They ought to have been ashamed of themselves for putting out such garbage after leading people on for 5 episodes. One of the final scenes was an aerial view of a kayak in the marshes. It was probably one of the crew trying to get out of town just slightly ahead of a lynching party. Absolutely abysmal!

Rade Martinovic It is funny that large majority of the reviews here were written after the first episode.This is a TV show that after the second episode takes so many turns that your head spins. It really has to be binged in order to be fully appreciated. Only after knowing what happened later you can truly understand what happened in the first two episodes and why people behaved like they did.The ending was shocking to me, I did not see it coming and I wonder what really happened. For those who say that men were portrayed like the villains - Laura eventually goes on a date with some other guy who seems normal and likable. The supporting cast is definitely not "the stock" kind. Every actor took what was given to him and gave his best. If this show is really planned for another season I am really looking forward to it.

Cate Archer I can not understand all the bad reviews, I have enjoyed all four episodes very much. The story is good, the twists are unexpected and good, the acting is good, the cinematography is good..What else do people want? Nudity?graphic violence? sex scenes? No, there is none, but there are clever twists,interesting characters,and a story that unfolds revealing things that make you say Wow that was good!

gabor_nb When I grade this 1 (awful) it is not the quality but the message I object to. In terms of sheer cinematography like directing, acting etc. this show is actually fine, but then all that professionalism is invested in a story and plot that is unbelievably biased, manipulative, political and downright hateful. The makers first introduce the accuser a very prominently neurotic woman, who only does and say irrational and annoying things and the accused, a well balanced, gentleman a great doctor and father, a rational, friendly, modest character. And just when the man is cleared of charges, something almost any viewer would be cheering for by then, things take a sudden 180 turn, but it's not the circumstances that change but in a rather unnatural, unrealistic way the characters do. The neurotic woman suddenly becomes an empathetic, courageous warrior of justice and and the gentleman doctor a wolf in sheep's clothing, a psychopathic predator enjoying his sick game with a wide sadistic grin on his face. If were to grade this show for how good an attempt it is at misandrist hate mongering and brainwashing I would give it a 10 Seriously I think third-wave feminism now has its own Jud Süss.